Pavers
Safety
PPE
Brick Laying
Tools
Paver Tools
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100
This is the material used to maintain interlock in pavers and prevent them from spreading out.
What is Edging
100
This federal agency regulates and enforces safety on the job site.
What is OSHA?
100
This piece of safety equipment used when you want to prevent a foot injury
What is work boots
100
This method is used to lay out bricks before laying them in mortar to ensure that you have consistent sized head joints.
What is dry bonding.
100
This tool is used to measure the coursing heights for many of the most commonly used masonry units.
What is a modular ruler
100
This tool is used to adjust pavers after they are laid.
What is a rubber mallet
100
What coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint.
200
This is the recommended minimum amount of base material that should be installed.
What is 8 inches
200
This is the first step needed to be taken when being injured on the jobsite or in the shop.
What is immediately reporting the accident to the instructor or forman.
200
This piece of safety equipment is used to prevent any airborne debris from flying into your eye.
What are safety glasses
200
This is the most commonly used joint finish on brickwork.
What is concave joint.
200
This tool is used to create a long visible line on most surfaces.
What is a chalk line
200
This tool is used to create a flat surface of bedding material.
What is a screed board.
200
These are the ingredients of shop mortar.
What are lime, sand and water
300
This is the thickness of your bedding material.
What is 1"
300
The term used to describe when a chisel gets overused and the top becomes flared out causing a potential safety hazard.
What is a mushroomed
300
This piece of safety equipment is used to protect your head from falling objects.
What is a hard hat
300
This is the ideal amount of space a mason should leave between their work and their supply of material.
What is 24" or 2'
300
This tool is used to align masonry work both vertically and horizontally.
What is a level
300
This 1" pipe is used to establish the height of your bedding material and serve as a guide to drag your screed board across.
What are screed rails.
300
These are the ingredients of mortar that is used in masonry construction.
What are Portland cement, lime, sand and water.
400
This is the maximum thickness any "lift" should be before compaction.
What is 4"
400
This is the name and use of the third prong of an extension cord.
What is a ground
400
This piece of safety equipment is used to prevent any cuts or abrasions on your hands.
What are work gloves.
400
This is that amount of space that the brick should be away from the stringline when laying brick to the line.
What is 1/16"
400
This tool is used to create a flat joint finish, tuckpoint brick joints or finish a joint that is located next to any angle.
What is a flat jointer or slicker
400
This tool is used to flatten out any imperfections in your bedding surface.
What is a finishing trowel
400
This this the amount of base material laid at 8" needed for a patio that is 18'x24'
What is 10.666 cubic yards.
500
This is the amount of base material extending beyond your paving surface.
What is 1'
500
This mineral that is found in most masonry products can be hazardous to a person's respiratory system if exposed to it over a long period of time.
What is silica
500
This safety equipment is used to help prevent breathing in airborne dust particles.
What is a respirator.
500
When laying brick using the pick and dip method, this is the ideal amount of mortar that a mason should scoop with their trowel.
What is enough for 1 brick.
500
This tool can come in many shapes and sizes and is used in conjunction with a hammer to remove, shape or cut different masonry products.
What is a chisel
500
This tool is used to compact various materials during the construction of any paver application.
What is a plate compactor.
500
This is the amount of paving sand needed to install a patio 18'x24'.
What is 1.333 cubic yards